birchi: - Will only players who are eligible to win the trip be able to qualify for the bracket phase of the tournament this year?
2. Eligibility.
Participation in the Contest is open to individuals who are 18 years of age or older. Note, however, that only individuals who are legal residents of and physically located in the fifty United States and the District of Columbia, Canada (excluding Quebec), the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Norway, Ireland, The Netherlands, and South Korea who are 18 years of age or older or the age of majority in the entrant's state or province/territory ("province") of residence, whichever is greater are eligible to win prizes. Only players who reside in countries eligible to win prizes will be entered into the bracket tournament.
birchi: - What will the seeding in the brackets look like? Just a random draw or will #1 play #64 in the first round; does it make sense to try to get as high up on the leaderboard in the Qualifier as possible?
They may not know yet, but four to make the trip this time. It sounds like outside the 9(?) eligible countries you don't even get the 2,000c for being in the top 64..
QUALIFIER PRIZE: The best 64 scores in the Qualifier tournament will each be awarded 2,000 WGT Credits at the conclusion of the Virtual U.S. Amateur Qualifier, and will be entered into the Virtual U.S. Amateur Bracket Championships as long as they are eligible to win prizes based on their country of residence. Only players who reside in countries eligible to win prizes will be awarded WGT Credits and entered into the bracket tournament.
BRACKET PRIZES: The final two players in each bracket will both be awarded WGT credits at the conclusion of the Bracket tournament. The winner of each bracket will win 3,000 credits and the runner-up will win 2,000 credits. Bracket winners must accept and participate in the live championship in order to claim the credit prize.
The winner of each bracket will win an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to play in the Virtual U.S. Amateur Championship live event at Topgolf Las Vegas.
The real mystery to me is why WGT would want folk to to "email us at members@worldgolftour.com to clarify" rather than clarify here. Surely many e-mails read and replied to is more work than a clarification here :-/